Ukraine said on Monday it had targeted a base of the Wagner paramilitary group, whose men are accused of fighting alongside Russian troops, and destroyed a bridge near the occupied city of Melitopol.
According to the governor of eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region, the base of this private military company in Propasna was “destroyed by a precision strike“. The shooting took place on Sunday, Sergui Gaidai reported on Telegram.
Very opaque, the Wagner group is known to be linked to Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigogine, who was considered close to President Vladimir Putin. The presence of its fighters has been confirmed in recent years in Syria, Libya, Mali and other African countries.
Several bridges were targeted
Ukrainian authorities also claim that pro-Kiev saboteurs managed to blow up a railway bridge near the town of Melitopol (Zaropyjiya region, south), which is occupied by the Russian army, in a new attempt to disrupt the logistics of troops from Moscow.
“One less railway bridge southwest of Melitopol means no military trains from Crimea“The peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014 and is important for the supply of the Russian army, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov announced on Telegram.
Ukraine has targeted several bridges in recent weeks, mostly in the occupied Kherson region, where Kiev says it is launching a counteroffensive that has recaptured dozens of villages and now threatens Russian troops crossing the Dnieper River.
On Monday, three summer visitors were killed and two others were injured while bathing on the beach of the popular seaside resort of Zatoka, in Odesa region on the Black Sea coast.unknown explosive device“Sergui Brachuk, the spokesperson of the regional authorities, announced in Telegram.
Russia’s morning bombings of the country’s second city, Kharkiv, left at least one dead and six wounded, senior local police official Sergui Bolvinov said on Facebook.
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Source: Le Figaro
